The AWD ones have 4 motors so 4 motors all individually controlled...which they are by design?

Sure the cars is fat beyond belief but what are the handling dynamics?

edit: Although, I think of torque vectoring as parceling out power from a common source to different outputs. By design with 4 different motors the Tesla should obviously be varying the outputs of each motor. Nevermind.

 

I remember seeing video and I don't remember four motors. What I saw was motor in front, motor in back.

 

can you research this and report back? :-)

 

You're right! So how do they mete out that power left to right?

 

I found this to start.

"Also, the all wheel drive system in the dual-motor cars distributes available electrical horsepower to maximize torque (and power) in response to road grip conditions and weight transfer in the vehicle. For instance, during hard acceleration, weight transfers to the rear of the vehicle. The front motor must reduce torque and power in order to prevent the front wheels from spinning. That power is fed to the rear motor where it can be used immediately. The opposite happens when braking, when the front motor can accept more regenerative braking torque and power."

https://www.tesla.com/fr_BE/blog/tes...specifications

 

From reddit - note the post from the enthusiasts on the tesla forum.

https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors...la_awd_system/

 

Tesla has one rear and one front motor
Torque vectoring requires them to use sophisticated diff
I doubt that is in the scope of any present model.